//------------------------------// // Chapter 22: Long Walk Home // Story: The Tale Of Shadow // by Enigmatic Brony //------------------------------// Me and Vinyl begin to walk back to Rarity’s still covered in mud and dust from apple bucking “Well that was a different day to all the rest” I smile “I can’t believe we spent the whole day bucking apples” says Vinyl, “At least I can now say I’ve done it” “You gotta admit when that apple wouldn’t come down you were getting pretty mad” I laugh “Well that apple broke my shades now I need to get another pair” says Vinyl rubbing her head “I thought you had another pair” “Yeah I do but there back at my crib” “Your Crib” I say trying not to break out and laugh “Well my place, that better” “Na just didn’t think I would here a pony in PonyVille say Crib” “Well I guess you can check that of your list of things you won’t hear in PonyVille” Me and Vinyl continue to walk and talk until a cyan pony approaches us from the distance “Hey Shadow, Rarity said you’ve been looking for me” “Hey Rainbow Dash, I’ve totally forgot about asking you something, I got caught up in bucking apples for Applejack” “Oh hello, Vinyl I didn’t see you there, you look different without your glasses on” says Dash “No probs, everyone’s been saying that today” replies Vinyl “So Shadow what did you want” says Dash focusing her attention on me again “I was wondering if you wanted to accompany me to New Yorke” I say “I would love to but you sure Rarity will approve…since what happened last time” Says Dash looking at th ground with a worried look on her face “I thought you both worked that out” “Yeah we did…but I don’t wanna break her trust by repeating what happened last time”Says Dash softly “You won’t repeat it because Applejack’s coming along as well, and Rarity suggested you tag along” “Probably thinks I’ll get in the way” smirks Rainbow Dash “So what you say” I say with a cheesy smile “Fine…I’ll tag along only because you would get bored if I wasn’t there” boasts Rainbow Dash “Yeah that would probably be true; I don’t know what I would talk about with Applejack” “Exactly, So why are you going to New Yorke?” asks Dash “I got to pick up a wedding dress for Rarity” I moan as I look down at the ground “Sounds like fun” says Dash rolling her eyes “Yeah I know, but things we do for love” “Oh here we go” sighs Vinyl “What’s wrong” I say scrunching my face up at Vinyl “Nothing, don’t worry about it…I just don’t believe in it that’s all” says Vinyl trying to evade talking about it by looking back at Sweet Apple Acres “So Shadow, whens the wedding” says Dash trying to make conversation “22nd of September” I say with a proud smile, “and I expect you to be there” “I will, I won’t miss the day for anything” “Not even if the Wonderbolts happened to ask you to join them” I joke “Well maybe not anything then” smiles Dash “You trying to join the Wonderbolts” asks Vinyl “Yeah I have been for years” “Ha, how about that I just happened to be throwing a birthday party for Spitfire soon” Boasts Vinyl with devious smile “Oh my god, you gotta let me go” says Dash getting closer to Vinyl “Sorry, I can’t…It’s an Invitation only party” says Vinyl with the same devious smile “Oh come on, you get me in” begs Dash, “please…. Please… please you got to get me into that Party” “Fine” says Vinyl, “but I don’t promise anything” “Thank you so much Vinyl I won’t ever forget this ever” says Dash hovering back into the sky “I’m not promising anything so don’t get upset with me if you don’t get invited” laughs Vinyl “Well we better get going” I say “Oh yeah, sure I’ll catch ya later Shadow” says Dash, “Bye Vinyl” “Bye Dash” me and Vinyl say in unison A cloud of dust flows through the air as Dash leaves “You actually throwing a party for Spitfire” I say holding a hoof to my mouth so i don't cough “Yeah I actually am… What you want a invite as well” Smiles Vinyl “No I fine, just asking in case you were pulling Dash’s leg” “Nope im completely genuine, I’m throwing a birthday party for Spitfire” “So what happened between you two and Rarity” asks Vinyl checking If Dash was still around “Nothing much, don’t really wanna talk about it though…I don’t think they would appreciate it if I did ether” I say looking down at the ground “Yeah that’s cool, so where are we heading” says Vinyl “Well I was thinking of heading home to get cleaned up after I annoy Rarity with all this mud” I laugh “Alright cool and after that” asks Vinyl “I dunno haven’t thought that far” I say putting a hoof up to my chin, “what you wanna do?” “Hmm… I heard there’s a band playing at Planet Pony tonight, you wanna go and check them out” “Yeah sounds fun but im kind of getting peckish how about something to eat first though, bucking apples kind of works up an appetite” I say holding my belly “Yeah sure” says Vinyl, “But where are we going to eat” “Well Rarity should still be home she will probably have something in the oven” “Cool sounds good to me” smiles Vinyl We continue walking back to PonyVille until we finally reach Rarity’s boutique “Oh Shadow darling your back” says Rarity opening the door “Yeah sorry I’ve been gone for a long time” I say going to give Rarity a hug “Eew please don’t touch me with those muddy hooves” screams Rarity as she backs away from me “Oh come on Rarity, you afraid of a speck of dirt getting on your white coat” I tease “For a matter of fact I am and if you wouldn’t mind if you keep your hooves to yourself while there still dirty” “Well can I come into clean them?” “You most defiantly cannot” says Rarity, “You may use the hose out in the back yard to clean those muddy hooves” “Yeah I might wanna do that to” says Vinyl “Um… Rarity were about outside is the hose” I ask “Ha…” Rarity sighs, “Follow me I’ll show you to the hose” Rarity leads us outside to the hose that is in a neat pile next to the tap “You defiantly like everything to be clean, don’t you Rarity” says Vinyl “Well…we can’t have everything looking mess now can we” replies Rarity I grab the hose and plug it into the tap and turn it on, I begin to wash all the mud off my hooves and pass it to Vinyl scratch to do the same, after she was finished with the hose she past it back to me and I had the idea of squirting Rarity with it “Hey Rarity” I say pointing to a ball in her back yard “Yes Shadow” “Think fast” I point the nozzle of the hose at Rarity and turn the hose on for boar “SHADOW” Screams Rarity, “WHAT WAS THAT FOR...NOW IM ALL ICKY AND WET AND YOU RUINED MY COAT AND MANE” “Oh come on Rarity, it’s only a little bit of water” I say before squirting Vinyl who was standing next to me “SHADOW WHAT WAS THAT FOR” Screams Vinyl “I dunno” I say laughing and squirting them both again “THAT’S IT” screams Rarity using her magic to take the hose out of my hands and squirt me with it We mess around for ten minutes squirting each other with the hose until we all call the quits “Well Shadow and Rarity, im going to head home” says Vinyl trying to gain her breath “Yeah…See ya later…Vinyl” replies Rarity “I…Thought we…were going to go…see that band” I say exhaustedly “Yeah that was before I got all wet and dirty from the hose…now I gotta go home and cleanup” “Well I’ll see ya when ether you or I get back to PonyVille” “Yeah sure catch ya all later” says Vinyl leaving through the front gate “Bye” I and Rarity say in unison Me and Rarity both head inside for tea that Rarity was preparing earlier, after we finished our tea we headed upstairs into Rarity’s room “Hey Rarity, I was wondering” “Yeah Shadow” “Well since I basically am hear all the time, I was wondering if I could move in” “I thought you already did” Jokes Rarity “Oh well, never mind then” “Shadow you can move in any time you like you’re my fiancé now, it would be weird if you didn’t leave here” “Never thought about it like that” “Well Shadow im going to have a long…hot…steamy shower” says Rarity with a hint of lust in her tone “Well I’ll be waiting out here for when you’re done” I say pretending I didn’t notice her lust “You can join me if you wish” says Rarity batting her eyelashes at me “Na im fine, I’ll wait till you’re done” “Oh…Your loss” says Rarity swaying her hips as she walks off “Damn I can’t resist that” I say rushing into the shower with Rarity We fool around in the shower a little longer than expected "Well, Shadow i guess i won’t be seeing you for a couple of days" complains Rarity "Yeah i guess you won’t, what are you going to do without me here" I boast "Well i guess I’ll have to give you something so you hurry back home" says Rarity seductively as she pushes me on the bed "What round two already" I moan, "not that I’m ungrateful, but im still tired from round one...You ponies sure do get your strength back quicker than us humans" "Yeah i guess we do" says Rarity as she sits down on my chest before laying her lips upon mine We fool around on the bed for a little while before we both drift of to sleep.